The cold waves coming down from Siberia are a common feature in the Japanese winter. In 2006, warm weather on the side of the Sea of Ohotsk (Ohotsuku オホツク）was about plus 18 degrees warm, and on the side of the Japanese Sea in went down to minus 30 degrees centigrade in the higher air masses!

This sudden cooling caused widespread stroms all over Japan. In Hokkaido, there was a severe tornado, killing many people.

In other languages, there are expressions with COLD which do not relate to the winter feeling of coldness, the Japanese kanji for COLD : SAMUI, KAN 寒.For kigo with the use of COLD ( KAN) in other seasons, see below.

Sometimes it should be clear from the context, like COLD COFFEE, sometimes you better check the World Kigo Database again.

Cold can be your physical feeling when you are out there, in various degrees of discomfort for your body. Or it can be the feeling of how it must be outside, by just looking out of the window.

cold morning, cold evening
(samuki asa, asazamu / samuki yoru, yosamu) on the other hand are expressions used for this feeling in autumn, when we feel the change of the seasons coming.

sound of the cold watch, kantaku 寒柝（かんたく）a sort of village patrol using sticks to make a sound, to make sure there are no fires or other dangers during a cold winter night.
..... kansui 寒翠（かんすい）
..... kanteki 寒笛（かんてき）flute, whistle in the cold